Unlocking phones might just become a lot more common place

It appears that a new ruling makes unlocking cell phones in the USA legal, for at least 3 years. The DMCA will not apply as it is solely a means of protecting a buisness model and not copyright infringment. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061124-8280.html

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USB/Laser guided darts…

While I and most of you are grown adults, we like our toys. And there is one thing I might just want for my birthday or Christmas this year. USB launchable laser guided nerf darts… Just the thing to bring to the office where everyone already plays with those nerf dart guns (you know, the […]

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Treoantenna.com’s little antenna’s

Most people have at one point or another seen my experiment in the ppc-6700’s antenna and chopping it off: http://www.shadowmite.com/blog/index.php/?p=17 The new little antenna’s from www.treoantenna.com however are quite a decent comparison. What I actually did what to take the plastic sticker piece out of the factory antenna and make it fit in the back […]

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Thanksgiving Turkey Killing Day!

This has to be the best candidate post for today’s article… Take a look, I’m not saying anything more… http://politicsofdancing.blogspot.com/2006/11/as-god-is-my-witness-i-thought-turkeys.html

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A Womans Touch

A well trained police officer in a standoff? LOOK CLOSER Im not a sexist, and im not trying to start something here, but holy hell!!!

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DUN for Verizon 650 1.05 Cracked

Thanks to a guy named Gonzo we have the DUN for Verizon rom 1.05 patched for you all. Sorry it took so long, I really didn’t have the time. Thanks Gonzo! Get it here! Also, to those of you wanting to try that Sand game spymongoose posted about, check out: http://www.shadowmite.com/sand.html

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Treo 700wx SMS patch

Palm has now released a patch for some of the 700wx’s sms problems. There does appear to still be a minor issue, but we’ll leave that as a possibility it’s with sprint and not palm. Get it here: http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/spnt700wxSMS/index.html Now if only we get a 700p update this month also…

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Treo 680 Screwup?

While this is purely speculation and rumor, it certainly would put a damper on things for the GSM folks. The rumor you ask? That 144,000 Treo 680’s were made and shipped WITHOUT the mic hooked up properly… Now rumors like this and as specific as this generally have some kind of merit, although it could […]

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PocketSand

While having sand in your pockets sounds like a bad thing, its really quite a good thing. PocketSand is a pointless and unproductive use of your time for when your time is otherwize pointless and unproductive. Unlike card games, this game allows for complete creative freedom. Theres fire, water, wood, gasoline, plant matter, salt, and […]

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HTC UMPC

What a jumble of words, but to those in the know it can be quite interesting.  HTC, the folks who perfected the Palm and Pocket PC hardware and made the concept feasable, is going to take a whack at the UMPC concept.  It should be really interesting to see what they come up with… The […]

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